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Booker T. And The M.G.'s
Up Tight
Endless Happiness - Cat No: HE69014
- updated:2024-05-04
A landmark 1969 soundtrack album by Booker T. And The M.G.'s, the essential instrumental band behind Stax Records and the Memphis soul sound, for "Up Tight," director Jules Dassin's socially conscious classic set against the civil rights movement in 1960s Chicago. This is the 2023 vinyl reissue LP on the Russian reissue label Endless Happiness. Now in stock.
Track List
Ten tracks in all, including B5 "Time Is Tight" (sample1), whose single version became a Top 10 hit in the US and one of the band's signature tunes; the mellow, twilight organ gem A4 "Tank's Lament" (sample2); the bluesy, shadowy scat number A5 "Blues In The Gutter" (sample3); the Memphis boogie of B2 "Down At Ralph's Joint"; B3 "Deadwood Dick," a waltz-like slice of jazz-funk built on a mysterious melody; A1 "Johnny, I Love You" and A5 "Blues In The Gutter," which feature Booker T.'s soulful vocals; and A3 "Children, Don't Get Weary," sung by female vocalist Judy Clay. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)